Sunday, April 14, 2013 - Rest Day at Sir Francis Drake Hotel

Had a hard time winding down from the late night, but slept as late as possible trying to make up for lost time. Not easy, considering how hard the bed was. I went downstairs to find out about changing rooms, and was told a room had already been chosen, it was just a matter of cleaning. It was on the 15th floor (out of 20), so it bodes well to be a better room. They also mentioned that anything higher might have some noise from their famous (and loud) Starlight Room club on the 21st floor, so I guess it will be a superior room. After getting that cleared up, with the understanding the room would be ready by 2:30, we took a walk out to find brunch and a store to buy some essential sundries. Kitty-corner across the street from the hotel was an old-fashioned diner where we went for a late brunch, before retiring back to the room to wait for our new room to be ready. We discovered there wasn't any movie channels on the TV, just basic cable, so we watched a Sunday morning show before we finally called down at 2:30, and was told the room was ready (they hadn't called yet, though, but now it was ready). We grabbed our already-packed bags, I ran downstairs for the key, then ran up to the room to check it out. The desk had told me the bellhop had already moved our suitcases (which I found hard to believe, as I had just left Hubby moments before, but they insisted), so I wasn't sure what to expect when I got to the 15th floor. Turns out Hubby and luggage weren't there (surprise, surprise), but the room was much larger and quite nice, though the bed was just as hard. I went back down to 3 to help Hubby get everything moved, and before long, we were tucked away in our new and expansive room. Out the window, we even had a view of a horse and a palm tree, reminding us of Florida! Okay, so they were plastic, so what? It was still a better view than we had from the third floor! After we settled in, we headed down to the lobby for the manager's reception (free wine), ran into our friends again, then went to check out the meeting room we would be using for the next two days. Everything looked good, just one or two minor adjustments, so we headed up to try to, at last, get some rest!